mollusc (Sigapatella calyptraeformis)
17/04/1874; 17 April 1874
PERGM-1899.54.22
Notes: An original green framed label, has an ink handwritten description stating: "599/Calyptraea calyptraeformis/Pt.Jackson, Sydney/2-10ft./Chal.Exped. 17.4.74". A Pre-printed label states "Challenger" Expedition" and "Pres. by Brit. Mus: Nov.99." A handwritten pencilled description states "Lam./Calyptraea calyptraeformis./Pt.Jackson. Sydney. 2-10ft/" and the date beneath "17.4.74". The pencil number "6" refers to the entry received from the British Museum...
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Notes: An original green framed label, has an ink handwritten description stating: "599/Calyptraea calyptraeformis/Pt.Jackson, Sydney/2-10ft./Chal.Exped. 17.4.74". A Pre-printed label states "Challenger" Expedition" and "Pres. by Brit. Mus: Nov.99." A handwritten pencilled description states "Lam./Calyptraea calyptraeformis./Pt.Jackson. Sydney. 2-10ft/" and the date beneath "17.4.74". The pencil number "6" refers to the entry received from the British Museum in the Accession Register 1884-1901 (No: 1899.54.22). The "ink number 599" refers to the entry in the Catalogue of the Conchological Collections in the Perth Museum, by Henry Coates, FSA, dated 1925, p16.